Corner picture-hanger



J. M. ROBINSON.

CORNER PICTURE HANGER.

' Patented Sept. 19, 1893.

mzar' I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHINE M. ROBINSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CORNER PICTURE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,230, datedSeptember 19, 1893.

Application filed March 6, 1893. SerialNo. 464,857. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE M. ROBIN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Corner Picture-Hanger, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of picture hanging-fixturescomprising a pair of hooks, one book being disposed rearward andengaging a beaded wall-molding, and the other hook disposed forwardlyand engaged bythe wire or cord from the lower ends of which the pictureor other wall ornament is suspended.

My invention consists in a peculiar construction of fixture, wherebypictures or other desired objects may be hung in corners or angles, allof which will be fully hereinafter described and particular pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings-Figured is an isometrical perspective of myinvention showing it applied in its preferred form to a beaded-moldingin an angle or wall-corner, the latter being shown broken; Fig. 2 acentral, sectional elevation of said preferred form of fixture; and Fig.3 a front elevation of a slight modification.

Arepresentsa triangular plane or flat plate, (with apex inverted,)forming the body of my fixture; and B, B, are a pair of hooks, one ateither upper corner of said body, and disposed or bent at an angle offorty-five degrees (more or less) laterally, to suit the corner or anglein which the picture is to be hung.

O is an upwardly-turned hook at the upper horizontal portion of plate A,interposed centrally between said hooks B, B, and D is an eye or loop onsaid plate centrally below said hook O. Hooks B, B, and O, and eye D arepreferably formed integral with plate A, as shown, the said hook 0 beingsimply a semicircular tongue cutalong its are only, thus leaving aconnecting web or ligament, and then upwardly-turned as best seen inFig. 2, and said eye D being formed by simply an outwardly punched orstruck-up band or narrow-width of the metal, just below the openingcleft by the displacement of the metal in hook O. The metal above andbelow the eye D, is slightly concaved. so that the suspending-wire canbe readily inserted in passing an upper loop formed therein through saideye for engagement with hook 0 above.

In the application or use of my fixture, it is placed in a corner orangle a, with its hooks B, B, engaging the large bead or top of thecustomarypioture-molding orstrip b,one hook lying on each side the miteror joint formed by the moldings on the several adjoining Wallscomprising said angle or corner.

In the modification, (Fig. 3,) the same construction as shown in theprevious views is followed, except that the eye or loop D is disposedrearward instead of forwardly,and the picture-wire inserted from theback of the plate carried over the hook C.

It is obvious that the eye D could be dispensed with, if desired, andthe hook 0 alone used for the suspension-wire, but I prefer the use andpresence of said eye for the reason that, it being narrower than saidhook,a corresponding contracted space is formed in the loop at the upperangle of the suspensionwire, whereby a safety device is provided whichprevents any accidental release of the wire from said hook C. It is alsoobvious that all or any of said hooks and the eye could be made separatefrom said plate A and suitably attached thereto, instead of being madeintegral as shown and above stated, but I find in practice that thelatter is much cheaper and better in every way.

In a corner hanging-fixture for pictures, the combination of a fiattriangular plate A with its apex inverted, lateral, angled or flaringsuspension-hooks B, B, constructed one at either upper corner of saidplate, suspensionhook G and eye or loop D, said hook O and loop beingturned or struck up centrally in the same vertical plane in said plate,substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPHINE M. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. M. ROBINSON,

JOHN E. J ONES.

